JIM DENLEY, PETER READY, MARK SIMMONDS, BARRY WOODS ‎– 25TH APRIL 1980 (WOMBARRA RECORDS, 1980)

A1. 11.15am
A2. 12.05pm
A3. 12.34pm

B.  8.15pm

Barry Woods, drum kit, whistles (B)
Peter Ready, bowed nail violin, P.V.C. pipes, metal cage, whistle machine
Jim Denley, piccolo, alto and soprano saxophone, metal cage
Mark Simmonds, tenor saxophone, fife (B)

Recorded at the Wollongong City Gallery.

Wombarra Records ‎– WR001

LP Rip

EMBERS LIVE

JIM DENLEY, flute, piccolo, alto sax, voice
JOHN BUTCHER, tenor and soprano sax
CHRIS BURN, piano, percussion
MARCIO MATTOS, cello, digital sampler

1. Quarrying at the Bim  19:56
2. Nite bites  7:41
3. Breakfast with Vincent  17:25
4. Tenderfoot's haruspicy  10:12

1 & 3 Recorded at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam. 17 Nov 1988
2 Recorded at the Bunker, Rotterdam. 19 Nov 1988.  and (??) Cafe Wilhelmina, Eindhoven. 21 Nov 1988
4 Recorded at Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham. 25 Oct 1988

ACTA 3.  Cassette only.

CHRIS BURN'S ENSEMBLE on Midnight Oil

Following on from Nick’s posting of the Burn/Butcher album Fonetiks, I dug out this old radio broadcast of Chris Burn’s Ensemble.  I’ve left in all the between-track chat not only because it’s interesting but because it is a joy to hear such well-spoken voices.
Some Ensemble recordings are still available through John Butcher’s website.

CHRIS BURN, piano

JOHN BUTCHER, sop and tenor sax

JIM DENLEY, flute

STEVIE WISHART, violin, hurdy-gurdy

PHIL DURRANT, violin

MARCIO MATTOS, cello, bass

JOHN RUSSELL, guitar

MATT HUTCHINSON, synth, electronics

01. Introduction  0:56

02. Airground glide  4:42

03. Interview 1  3:10

04. Influence and concealment  7:29

05. Interview 2

06. Fun for all  12:51

07. Interview 3  0:41

08. Cordboil and the four dwarves  11:21

09. Interview 4  0:43

10. Interview 5  1:48

11. Slow storm scene  4:33

12. Zip code  7:36

13. Outroduction  0:33 

BBC Radio 3. 'Midnight Oil'.   Broadcast March 1993  (I think)           

The Relative Band-(J.Rose,J.Denley,M.Nicols,R.Turner,L.Houtkamp,M.Cuypers, R.Ratajczack)ABC Studios Sydney-March 1984

This one goes out to Andy and all the Dime-a-Dozen Tapers, seeders/uploaders whose shows we have both enjoyed and posted over the years.

A-1-Maggie Nicols,,Marcel Cuypers-duo

A-2-Roger Turner-solo

A-3-Luc Houtkamp-solo

A-4-John Rose-Richard Ratajczack-duo

A-5-Jim Denley, solo

A-6-Group improv

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B-1-Group Improv

B-2-Group Improv

B-3-Roger Turner-solo

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The Relative Band

John Rose-violin

Maggie Nicols-Vox

Jim Denley-Flute

Marcel Cuypers-Pno

Roger Turner-Percussion

Luc Houtkamp-Tenor, Alto Saxes

Richard Ratajczack-DB

Recorded March 1984, ABC Studios Sydney (N.S.W. Australia)
Linneage- tdk c90 2nd gen----Nakamichi 500----Zoom---'puter---Traders little helper--wav to Flac 
Soundforge (raise levels-split tracks)

What we have here appears to be either a pre FM recording or raw soundboard studio,recordings of an adhoc configuration for what would be released under the rubric of John Rose's Relative band, as part of the compilation 'Forward of short leg'on the Dossier Label (Dossier ST 7529),A few longer fragments,also later appeared on a 3 disc compilation of Rose's Fringe Benefits Label, (Entropy 006 (CD), both of these are out of print, but in any case no more than ten minutes from these sessions was ever used.

All the Performers are still active , though i have to confess to never having heard Marcel Cuypers on anything else, and also to having heard precious little of the respective Oeuvres of Houtkamp and Ratajczack.

I Like Maggie Nicols  a lot, her performance here is exemplary and hugely exiting! ,Jim Denley and John Rose (both of whom i saw separately and in different groupings live at around the time this session was recorded) ,and Roger Turner are now pretty much household names, the others though less well known are all Composer Improvisers who are still putting out records.

All pieces are freely improvised, the bulk of the material is comprised of group performances , interspersed with short Duos and Solos.
the Music is wonderful and still as fresh as paint!
Enjoy
S
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here ae some links to the artists pages, and relevant sites, all including Marcel Cuypers have available recordings for sale!
Jim Denley
Maggie Nicols 
Luc Houtkamp
John Rose
Marcel Cuypers
Richard Ratajzack
Roger Turner